Tisha by Robert Specht

Author:Robert Specht [Specht, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0-307-43466-1
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 1976-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

XIII

“Fred went over to Steel Creek,” Isabelle told me Monday morning. As soon as she’d showed up for school I’d asked her about him. Every time I thought of the look on his face when he left Friday night, I’d had a sinking feeling. I had the same feeling now.

“When did he leave?”

“Early yesterday morning. Did you know he was in a fight?” she asked me, wide eyed.

“Yes, I did. When is he coming back?”

“As soon as he can, I guess.”

I asked her what he’d gone for, but she said she didn’t know. I asked Nancy if she had any idea why he might have gone to Steel Creek, but she said there was nothing she could think of.

His father showed up for the mail when Mr. Strong came into the settlement a few days later.

“How’s everybody in the family?” I asked him while we were standing on line outside the post office.

“Fine,” he said. “They all say hello.”

“What did Fred go to Steel Creek for?” I asked him.

“See some people over there. He ought to be back in a few days.”

I had the feeling he was holding something back and I wanted to ask him more about it, but I couldn’t bring myself to pry any more.

There was a letter for me from Lester Henderson. He wrote me that he’d received the first monthly report I’d sent him at the beginning of October, and he was very satisfied with it. Then he went on to say that he’d received letters from a few people in Chicken.

… The general tone of them is that you are a good teacher and have high moral standards. I’ve received two letters from parents, however, who object to your association with an Indian woman living there. One of them also mentioned that you have been teaching the children about the Indians and that you seem to be fond of a young man of mixed blood, Fred Purdy. (I’ve heard of the Purdys, by the way, and by all accounts they are a fine family.)

I want you to know that I have the utmost faith in you and your abilities, and your personal life is your own. I do wish to advise you, however, to be as diplomatic as possible, especially if you wish to teach in Eagle next year …

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